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56 APHRODISIAS.
and of the basilica [i ftcioikixii). One of the gates was named the Antiochian (i xulri' Avtiojik^ and
it appears to have been in the northern walls.*
The temple of the Sebasti [to 2$olotwv), and the sacred inclosure of Proserpine, [to Tfyevoq ttiq
KoofiQ) appear to have been without the city,+ as well as the temple of Hecate. Inscribed sepul-
chres of the leading families of the city, according to a custom common both in Greece and Italy
were on the roads leading from the city gates to the neighbouring temples or villages : two of
these villages were named Doasa and Pharmacus.J
Five neighbouring cities {oLOTuymvimoLi xoheic;), namely Apollonia on Salbace,} Heracleiaon Salbace,
Hierapolis, Cibyra, and Tabae, are recorded as having united with Aphrodisias in the celebration
of a sacred contest (ieqbc <zyw).\\ Of these public exhibitions three were at Aphrodisias called
the Philemonia, Attalea and Lysimachia; deriving these names from distinguished citizens,
by whom they had been instituted, extended or endowed. The Philemonia, styled m 'A<p^oSsio&ri<z
(pilripLonrioc, we may presume from the former name, to have been the first in antiquity and rank ;
and this was perhaps the sacred contest to which the neighbouring cities contributed. Their
fifteenth quadrennial exhibition (probably the fifteenth from the endowment of Philemon) is recorded
in an inscription.^! The Attalean games called simply Attalea on an autonomous coin of Aphrodisias
are, in an inscription, styled to. (isyzla rooSuz^x 'jTTtzXrioc** and they appear from coins of Com-
modus, Gordian and Gallienus, to have flourished in all those reigns.
Flavius Lysimachus, founder of the Lysimachian contest bequeathed a sum of money, the
interest of which, when the capital had accumulated to 120,000 denaria, was to support the cele-
bration of those games. In the reign of Commodus, the Aphrodisienses having reported to Marcus
Ulpius Appuleius Eurycles of Azani,++ who was then high priest of Asia, the amount of the
money in hand applicable to the games, Eurycles judged it sufficient for a music contest, and gave
authority for its celebration.^ A list of the prizes offered in this music contest is preserved in
one of the inscriptions copied by Mr. Deering.}} In the fragment of a similar document, copied
by Sherard,|!|| relating to one of the other games of Aphrodisias, or possibly to the Lysimachian
itself, when the interest of the Lysimachian fund had admitted of the addition of a gymnic to the
music contest, we find 2700 denaria to the TqayaSos to have been the highest prize, while 1600
is that of the successful xaiiaSoQ, and 2000 that of the avriq SohxpSoonos, and of the ayivzioq oTa.hiohqo\ioQ;
* Boeckh C Ins. Gr. No. 2837. with our inscriptions.
f Boeckh Ins. Gr. No. 2839. || Boeckh C. Ins. Gr. Nos. 2820, 2761, 2762, 2763, 2764,
+ Boeckh C. Ins. Gr. No. 2827. The termination of Doasa 2765.
is quite Carian as we find in Mylasa, Plarasa, Pedasa, Bar- f Boeckh C. Ins. Gr. No. 2812.
gasa, Harpasa, Medmasa, Candasa, Cyrbasa. ** Ibid. No. 2801.
§ These inscriptions furnish the true name of Salbace, but ff See Major Keppel's travels, II. p. 221.
whether it was a mountain or a river is still uncertain. %\ Boeckh C. Ins. Gr. No. 2741.
In every place where it occurs in Ptolemy, Stephanus, Suidas §§ Boeckh has also given this inscription C. Ins. Gr. No.
and Hierocles it is erroneously written, but the signature of 2759, but from a less correct copy,
the bishop of Heracleia in the council of Chalcedon agrees || || Boeckh C. Ins. Gr. No. 2758.
and of the basilica [i ftcioikixii). One of the gates was named the Antiochian (i xulri' Avtiojik^ and
it appears to have been in the northern walls.*
The temple of the Sebasti [to 2$olotwv), and the sacred inclosure of Proserpine, [to Tfyevoq ttiq
KoofiQ) appear to have been without the city,+ as well as the temple of Hecate. Inscribed sepul-
chres of the leading families of the city, according to a custom common both in Greece and Italy
were on the roads leading from the city gates to the neighbouring temples or villages : two of
these villages were named Doasa and Pharmacus.J
Five neighbouring cities {oLOTuymvimoLi xoheic;), namely Apollonia on Salbace,} Heracleiaon Salbace,
Hierapolis, Cibyra, and Tabae, are recorded as having united with Aphrodisias in the celebration
of a sacred contest (ieqbc <zyw).\\ Of these public exhibitions three were at Aphrodisias called
the Philemonia, Attalea and Lysimachia; deriving these names from distinguished citizens,
by whom they had been instituted, extended or endowed. The Philemonia, styled m 'A<p^oSsio&ri<z
(pilripLonrioc, we may presume from the former name, to have been the first in antiquity and rank ;
and this was perhaps the sacred contest to which the neighbouring cities contributed. Their
fifteenth quadrennial exhibition (probably the fifteenth from the endowment of Philemon) is recorded
in an inscription.^! The Attalean games called simply Attalea on an autonomous coin of Aphrodisias
are, in an inscription, styled to. (isyzla rooSuz^x 'jTTtzXrioc** and they appear from coins of Com-
modus, Gordian and Gallienus, to have flourished in all those reigns.
Flavius Lysimachus, founder of the Lysimachian contest bequeathed a sum of money, the
interest of which, when the capital had accumulated to 120,000 denaria, was to support the cele-
bration of those games. In the reign of Commodus, the Aphrodisienses having reported to Marcus
Ulpius Appuleius Eurycles of Azani,++ who was then high priest of Asia, the amount of the
money in hand applicable to the games, Eurycles judged it sufficient for a music contest, and gave
authority for its celebration.^ A list of the prizes offered in this music contest is preserved in
one of the inscriptions copied by Mr. Deering.}} In the fragment of a similar document, copied
by Sherard,|!|| relating to one of the other games of Aphrodisias, or possibly to the Lysimachian
itself, when the interest of the Lysimachian fund had admitted of the addition of a gymnic to the
music contest, we find 2700 denaria to the TqayaSos to have been the highest prize, while 1600
is that of the successful xaiiaSoQ, and 2000 that of the avriq SohxpSoonos, and of the ayivzioq oTa.hiohqo\ioQ;
* Boeckh C Ins. Gr. No. 2837. with our inscriptions.
f Boeckh Ins. Gr. No. 2839. || Boeckh C. Ins. Gr. Nos. 2820, 2761, 2762, 2763, 2764,
+ Boeckh C. Ins. Gr. No. 2827. The termination of Doasa 2765.
is quite Carian as we find in Mylasa, Plarasa, Pedasa, Bar- f Boeckh C. Ins. Gr. No. 2812.
gasa, Harpasa, Medmasa, Candasa, Cyrbasa. ** Ibid. No. 2801.
§ These inscriptions furnish the true name of Salbace, but ff See Major Keppel's travels, II. p. 221.
whether it was a mountain or a river is still uncertain. %\ Boeckh C. Ins. Gr. No. 2741.
In every place where it occurs in Ptolemy, Stephanus, Suidas §§ Boeckh has also given this inscription C. Ins. Gr. No.
and Hierocles it is erroneously written, but the signature of 2759, but from a less correct copy,
the bishop of Heracleia in the council of Chalcedon agrees || || Boeckh C. Ins. Gr. No. 2758.